Bill Text: VA HB1521 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Water authorities, sewer authorities, etc.; specified as political subdivisions of State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199) [HB1521 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-HB1521-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1521 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled December 17, 2010 A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-5102 of the Code of Virginia, relating to authorities as political subdivisions. ---------- Patron-- Landes ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 15.2-5102 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.2-5102. One or more localities may create authority.

A. The governing body of a locality may by ordinance or resolution, or the governing bodies of two or more localities may by concurrent ordinances or resolutions or by agreement, create a water authority, a sewer authority, a sewage disposal authority, a stormwater control authority, a refuse collection and disposal authority, or any combination or parts thereof. The name of the authority shall contain the word "authority." The authority shall be a public body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The ordinance, resolution or agreement creating the authority shall not be adopted or approved until a public hearing has been held on the question of its adoption or approval, and after approval at a referendum if one has been ordered pursuant to this chapter.

B. Any authority, or any subsidiary thereof, organized pursuant to this section to operate a refuse collection and disposal system that, pursuant to statute, is specifically authorized to include in the system (i) facilities for processing solid waste as a fuel and (ii) facilities for generating steam and electricity for sale, shall not be subject to regulation under the Utilities Facilities Act (§ 56-265.1 et seq.), provided that sales of electricity generated at such facilities are made only to a federal agency whose primary responsibility is national defense and the energy is delivered directly from the generator to the customer's facilities or to a public utility.